WH tries new spin on Trump's Putin call: The president doesn't bother reading his briefing memos

[DonViejo]

BRAD REED
21 MAR 2018 AT 13:48 ET

The Trump White House is putting a new spin on news that President Donald Trump congratulated Russian President Vladimir Putin despite being given a memo by his national security staff that specifically told him not to do so in all-capital letters.

A White House source tells Fox News reporter John Roberts that even though Trump was given a card that had the words “DO NOT CONGRATULATE” written on it, the president didn’t choose to intentionally ignore his staffers’ advice.

Rather, the official says, Trump “likely didn’t see the memo as his pre-call briefing was by phone — not in person — and ‘do not congratulate’ was not mentioned in the phone briefing.”

Link to tweet

In addition to ignoring warnings against congratulating Putin, the president also reportedly ignored aides’ request to condemn Russia’s alleged use of a deadly nerve agent against a former Russian spy who is living in the United Kingdom.

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https://www.rawstory.com/2018/03/white-house-tries-new-spin-trumps-putin-call-president-doesnt-bother-reading-briefing-memos/

[TreasonousBastard]

1. Why is this lame excuse put out as a good thing?

"Trump didn't fuck up the way you thought he did. This is the way he fucked up."

[poboy2]

13. lol -nt

[bettyellen]

15. Because they will deny every paper trail by saying he didnt read that and sadly....

That will be kinda plausible. He’s going to plead ignorance plus good intentions all the way down the line.

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. The excuse is our president isnt intelligent enough to read and understand intel briefs.

I feel so much better now.

[NurseJackie]

10. That's exactly it! (They're NOT helping. They may think they are. But they're not!)

They're all incompetent idiots. Nobody plans ahead or gets a 2nd set of eyes to review the announcements and releases. (Panic mode.)

[Faux pas]

3. And...

the dog ate his homework

[MattP]

4. Someone has to come out in a Barney costume and tell him not to do it

[gratuitous]

5. First question to Sarah Sanders today should be

"Is the President illiterate?"

I would expect Sarah to bluster and deny and say that's a dirty lie, that Trump's parents were married three full months before he was born.

But the question still lingers.

[tanyev]

6. Oh, yes, that's much better.

Future briefing memos:

I don't know why I even bother writing this sh**, because the Moron-in-Chief will never read it.

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etc.

[workinclasszero]

7. So Trump is either an incompetent mouth drooling moron unfit to be President

Or a subservient cock holster for Vladimir Putin.

Is that what you are sayin, John Roberts from Fox?

[C_U_L8R]

8. An unapologetic idiot

The worst kind

[Thunderbeast]

9. He is lazy and he is owned.

[FSogol]

11. Choo-choo! Here comes the White House Excuse Train!

[spanone]

12. how pathetic. he's going to speak to the man who's country just fucked with our elections and....

he can't be bothered to read input from his NSC.

he knows better than everyone.

what a moran.

[poboy2]

14. ...or he thinks he can Con us into thinking so.

Judgement has been made. The verdict is in.

TRAITOR